Grant Sanderson (@3blue1brown) — Past, present, & future of mathematics

I had a lot of fun chatting with Grant Sanderson (who runs the excellent 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel) about: * Whether advanced math requires AGI * What careers should mathematically talented students pursue * Why Grant plans on doing a stint as a high school teacher * Tips for self teaching * Does Godel’s incompleteness theorem actually matter * Why are good explanations so hard to find? * And much more 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grant-sanderson-3blue1brown-past-present-future-of/id1516093381?i=1000631087010 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0u05TKwP8pozY4ojY4e0fH?si=SfRvmI-8R4q-jBPogrpMBw * Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/grant-sanderson 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - Does winning math competitions require AGI? 00:08:24 - Where to allocate mathematical talent? 00:17:34 - Grant’s miracle year 00:26:44 - Prehistoric humans and math 00:33:33 - Why is a lot of math so new? 00:44:44 - Future of education 00:56:28 - Math helped me realize I wasn’t that smart 00:59:25 - Does Godel’s incompleteness theorem matter? 01:05:12 - How Grant makes videos 01:10:13 - Grant’s math exposition competition 01:20:44 - Self teaching